Acting on a specific input, a joint team of police and the Army launched a search operation in Jatta Malian forest in Kalakote belt of the district and recovered the arms and ammunition, a senior police officer said.

The haul included one AK-47 rifle, one magazine, 400 rounds of AK rifle, one pistol with magazine, one hand grenade and two IED circuits, the officer said, adding that a case was registered in this connection.